ZIMSEC O-Level Computer Science
8.27Form 3: Privacy and data integrity, system security, cybercrime
Form 3: Privacy and data integrity, system security, cybercrime in ZIMSEC O-Level Computer Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 8.27.1Apply data privacy measures.
- 8.27.2Verify and validate data.
- 8.27.3Set up a firewall and apply network security measures such as proxy servers, digital signatures and certificates.
- 8.27.4Identify online crimes such as spoofing, sniffing, fraud and hacking.
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Cyber attacks and computer crime
35 min
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Data privacy and data integrity
35 min
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Encryption: symmetric and asymmetric keys
30 min
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Firewalls, proxy servers, SSL and safe habits
35 min
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Validation and verification of input data
45 min
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